Serbia: Disgruntled Community Vs. Disgruntled Politician on Twitter
While social media is becoming ever more popular in politics worldwide, the Balkan states and their officials seem to be struggling with the very notion of social networking. Just weeks after an event...
View ArticleBART pulls a Mubarak in San Francisco
This week, EFF has seen censorship stories move closer and closer to home — first Iran, then the UK, and now San Francisco, an early locus of the modern free speech movement. Operators of the Bay Area...
View ArticleSocial Networking Must Be Used, Not Controlled, By UK Establishment
The recent unrest seen in England has once again highlighted the terrible inequality of those living in conditions of poverty within one of the richest and most powerful countries in the world....
View ArticleWill the Future of the Internet Be Decided By Hollywood?
Hollywood lobbyists are pressuring the US Congress to pass a major legislative reform, which would provide for the systematic filtering and blocking of sites suspected of encouraging piracy of...
View ArticleAn Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the US Congress
Today, a group of 83 prominent Internet inventors and engineers sent an open letter to members of the United States Congress, stating their opposition to the SOPA and PIPA Internet blacklist bills that...
View ArticleIndia’s Downward Spiral
The world’s biggest democracy is a formidable power in the IT sector. With software exports comprising approximately ten percent of India’s total GDP and a technology sector that employs more than 2.5...
View Article9 Arguments Against ACTA
It is true that some claims made by some opponents to ACTA have been exaggerated, which is perhaps natural, but is still unfortunate. There is no need to paint ACTA as being worse than it actually is....
View ArticlePublic Pressure Impacts on Pakistan’s Firewall Plans
A deadline set by the Pakistani government for tenders to create a controversial national Internet filtering system passes today, with some companies still to announce whether they intend to bid for...
View ArticleHow China Gets the Internet to Censor Itself
Just who owns the Internet, and who has the right to control what content is available on it? Is it sovereign territory, or is it free from the confines of antiquated earthbound laws? These questions...
View ArticleThe Bug in Sarkozy’s Anti-Cyberjihad Plans
Last week the president-candidate of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, repeatedly spoke out against the alleged role of jihadist websites in France today. If reelected, he will target those who “regularly...
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